World Encyclopedia. Treasures of World Culture

The book has more than 5,000 articles containing extensive material on the history of the development of culture, icon painting, painting, architecture, decorative and applied arts. The heritage of classical art with antiquity and at the 20th century formed the basis of the multinational Russian art and the art of the peoples of other countries. The book provides a description of the ancient architectural monuments of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Pskov, and others, who survived the century and have survived to this day. Information about great architects, icon painters, painters with a description of their works. Articles on architectural monuments, masterpieces of modern schools and the most significant phenomena in architecture are placed. The book is richly illustrated, there are more than 3000 illustrations. Designed for a wide range of readers, art historians, historians interested in Russian culture